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Introduction World War I (WWI) refers an international conflict that was mainly based in the continental Europe, and spanned from mid-1914 to late-1918. The conflict engaged all the great nations of the world, apparently grouped into two rival alliances; the Allies which mainly included France and Britain, and the Central Powers mainly involving Germany and Italy. Human casualty rate was particularly high due to technological inventions, such as the lethal use of warplanes. Primary causes of the conflict entailed imperial, territorial, as well as economic quests of the leading European powers, mainly involving the German, British and Russian Empires. The killing of Austria’s Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914 proved to be the ultimate trigger of the battle. The US was reportedly unsuccessful in inventing an airplane model of it’s own during the war, but still the battle –presented its underdeveloped airplane industry with the basic momentum, alongside groundwork to stabilize from.
World War I (WWI) Even though the war started in Europe, it eventually spread to almost every corner of the world. The era that preceded the conflict involved intricate diplomatic deals, alongside political alliances. Nevertheless, experts have collectively concurred about the battles aftermaths, such as that it eventually prompted the Second World War besides establishing the ground for other numerous significant proceedings of the twentieth century. Official estimates suggest that above 40 million people perished during the war under diverse circumstances but mainly combat, and epidemics such as diseases inflicted by the hostile environments of war. Political hostility was particularly at its peak in Europe over the early twentieth-century. While abroad, the same nations were gradually fuming up due to the acquirement of new territories. Moreover, the conventional Turkish-based Ottoman Empire was eventually falling apart, and the various ethnic
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